Cholesterol

"Cholesterol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.

Descriptor ID	D002784
MeSH Number(s)	D04.210.500.247.222.284 D04.210.500.247.808.197 D10.570.938.208
Concept/Terms	Cholesterol Cholesterol Epicholesterol Epicholesterol

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cholesterol".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
Steroids [D04.210.500]
Cholestanes [D04.210.500.247]
Cholestenes [D04.210.500.247.222]
Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.222.284]
Sterols [D04.210.500.247.808]
Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.808.197]
Lipids [D10]
Membrane Lipids [D10.570]
Sterols [D10.570.938]
Cholesterol [D10.570.938.208]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cholesterol" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cholesterol" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 59 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2005 and 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	2	0	2
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	2	3
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	3	4
2003	0	4	4
2004	1	4	5
2005	4	3	7
2006	3	3	6
2007	0	3	3
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	3	4	7
2011	1	1	2
2013	3	1	4
2014	0	2	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	0	1	1
2018	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1

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Schafer JJ, Zimmerman M, Walshe C, Cerankowski J, Shimada A, Keith SW. Weight changes in patients with sustained viral suppression switching tenofovir disoproxil fumarate to tenofovir alafenamide. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Jun; 30(6):1197-1204.

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Lizardo K, Ayyappan JP, Cui MH, Balasubramanya R, Jelicks LA, Nagajyothi JF. High fat diet aggravates cardiomyopathy in murine chronic Chagas disease. Microbes Infect. 2019 Jan - Feb; 21(1):63-71.

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Lemole GM. The Role of Lymphstasis in Atherogenesis Revisited. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 May; 101(5):2029.

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Foraker RE, Abdel-Rasoul M, Kuller LH, Jackson RD, Van Horn L, Seguin RA, Safford MM, Wallace RB, Kucharska-Newton AM, Robinson JG, Martin LW, Agha G, Hou L, Allen NB, Tindle HA. Cardiovascular Health and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: The Women's Health Initiative. Am J Prev Med. 2016 Feb; 50(2):236-40.

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Schnatz PF, Jiang X, Vila-Wright S, Aragaki AK, Nudy M, O'Sullivan DM, Jackson R, LeBlanc E, Robinson JG, Shikany JM, Womack CR, Martin LW, Neuhouser ML, Vitolins MZ, Song Y, Kritchevsky S, Manson JE. Calcium/vitamin D supplementation, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, and cholesterol profiles in the Women's Health Initiative calcium/vitamin D randomized trial. Menopause. 2014 Aug; 21(8):823-33.

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Foraker RE, Shoben AB, Lopetegui MA, Lai AM, Payne PR, Kelley M, Roth C, Tindle H, Schreiner A, Jackson RD. Assessment of Life's Simple 7 in the primary care setting: the Stroke Prevention in Healthcare Delivery EnviRonmEnts (SPHERE) study. Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 Jul; 38(2):182-9.

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Selman Y, Wood JW, Telischi FF, Casiano RR, Angeli SI. Development of cholesterol granuloma in a temporal bone petrous apex previously containing marrow exposed to air cells. Otol Neurotol. 2013 Jul; 34(5):958-60.

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Fredericks WJ, Sepulveda J, Lai P, Tomaszewski JE, Lin MF, McGarvey T, Rauscher FJ, Malkowicz SB. The tumor suppressor TERE1 (UBIAD1) prenyltransferase regulates the elevated cholesterol phenotype in castration resistant prostate cancer by controlling a program of ligand dependent SXR target genes. Oncotarget. 2013 Jul; 4(7):1075-92.

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Fredericks WJ, Yin H, Lal P, Puthiyaveettil R, Malkowicz SB, Fredericks NJ, Tomaszewski J, Rauscher FJ, Malkowicz SB. Ectopic expression of the TERE1 (UBIAD1) protein inhibits growth of renal clear cell carcinoma cells: altered metabolic phenotype associated with reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and SXR target genes involved in cholesterol and lipid metabolism. Int J Oncol. 2013 Aug; 43(2):638-52.

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Peterlin BL, Tietjen GE, Gower BA, Ward TN, Tepper SJ, White LW, Dash PD, Hammond ER, Haythornthwaite JA. Ictal adiponectin levels in episodic migraineurs: a randomized pilot trial. Headache. 2013 Mar; 53(3):474-90.

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